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Dr. Taekjip Ha Howard Hughes Medical Institute & Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School |
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Dr. Laura Finzi Dr. Waenard L. Miller, Jr. ’69 and Sheila M. Miller Endowed Chair in Medical Biophysics Department of Physics & Astronomy Department of Bioengineering Center of Human Genetics Clemson University Biography: Laura Finzi is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Dr. Waenard L. Miller, Jr. ’69 and Sheila M. Miller Endowed Chair in Medical Biophysics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Clemson University. She is a member of the editorial board of Biophysical Reviews. She received a Laurea in industrial chemistry from the University of Bologna, Italy, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of New Mexico working with Carlos Bustamante. She continued her collaboration with Bustamante as a postdoctoral fellow at The Institute of Molecular Biology in Eugene, Oregon, before joining the group of Dr. Jeff Gelles at Brandeis University. She held academic positions at the University of Milano, Italy, and Emory University. Her career path is featured in The Living Histories Series. She is recognized internationally for her contributions to the understanding of DNA mechanics, topology and physical interactions relevant to transcription regulation. Complete List of Published Work in MyBibliography: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/browse/collection/40647244/?sort=dat… |
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Dr. Shixin Liu Associate Professor Head, Laboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics and Biochemistry, The Rockefeller University Biography: Shixin Liu obtained his B.Sc. in biology from the University of Science and Technology of China and his Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University. After postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley, he became a faculty member at the Rockefeller University, where he is now associate professor and heads the Laboratory of Nanoscale Biophysics and Biochemistry. His group studies the dynamic behaviors and interactions of biomolecules chiefly using single-molecule techniques with a focus on DNA- and chromatin-based molecular machines. He was a recipient of the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award and the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. |
The Department of Chemistry at the University of Kentucky organizes an annual Symposium on Chemistry and Molecular Biology. This symposium was established in honor of Anna S. Naff, a University of Kentucky graduate, through the generous support of Dr. Benton Naff of NIH. The symposium has an interdisciplinary character and is attended by students and faculty from the Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Pharmacy, Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine. The symposium features renowned experts from around the world, including Nobel prize-winning scientists, and is attended by faculty and students from colleges and universities in Kentucky and the contiguous states.